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  1. COMMUNITY HONOURS PremiumHarvey celebrates 2025 Homegrown Heroes

  2. MatildasPremiumMatildas ready to make their South West debut

  3. FishingPremiumFish cleaning station on the table along South West estuary

  4. FootballPremiumSWFL: Bulldogs’ unbeaten premiership defence rolls on

  5. FootballPremiumSWFL: Lions overcome slow start to beat Bulldogs

The community-made mural at the Myalup bus stop has been smashed.

VandalismPremiumCoastal town’s community-made mural smashed

A South West coastal town has seen a mural made by the community smashed in a “frustrating” act of vandalism. 

Craig Duncan

Busselton has retained the Busselton Toyota Cup.

FootballPremiumSWFL: Magpies smash Hawks in southern derby

South West Football League ladder-leaders Busselton produced another imperious performance on Saturday, smashing Augusta-Margaret River by 89 points at Bovell Park.

Josh Kempton

The Shire of Harvey has unveiled it’s new Australiand Heritage Trail. 

Historic walkPremiumHarvey’s walk through history one step closer to completion

A walk through Harvey’s history is one step closer to completion with Australind and Leschenault’s heritage trail signs now on heritage sites. 

Craig Duncan

The Shire of Harvey will increase fees and charges from July 1.

Cost increase PremiumHarvey shire locking in cost increase for services

The Shire of Harvey is set to lock in a four to five per cent increase across fees and charges to several shire services starting next month.

Craig Duncan

Harvey Bulls and Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault's clashes were part of White Ribbon Round.

FootballPremiumSWFL: Bulls and Lions play White Ribbon Round matches

The South West Football League clashes between Harvey Bulls and Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault at Harvey Recreation Ground on Saturday were played as part of the league’s White Ribbon Round.

Josh Kempton

The Dawesville Channel is a man-made channel between the Peel-Harvey Estuary and the Indian Ocean at Dawesville.

Healthy Estuaries PremiumHealthy estuaries get major funding boost

Community groups will receive a share of almost $10 million funding to assist in their work protecting the State’s most at-risk waterways. 

Craig Duncan

Judy Talbot, Norma Booth and Emma Papalia were recognised for their impressive years of service to the Brunswick Red Cross unit.

Valued VolunteersPremiumPremiumWA’s oldest Red Cross celebrates long-serving members

Clad in their distinctive red blazers, Brunswick’s Judy Talbot, Norma Booth and Emma Papalia were all recognised for their decades of service to the Red Cross Unit. 

Parks and Wildlife specialist construction supervisor Corey de Ridder, South West Minister Don Punch and elder Lera Bennell cut the ribbon to Bunbury’s Mangrove Cove boardwalk.

Going digitalPremiumPremiumNew way of exploring the natural wonders the South West

Parks and Wildlife has launched a new ebook celebrating the culture, nature and beauty of the Kalgulup Regional Park, showcasing 3168ha of landscapes and ecosystems of Bunbury and its surrounds.

Young community members raise the flags for NAIDOC Week.

NAIDOC WeekPremiumPremiumFlags hoisted to welcome start of NAIDOC Week in Waroona

A small procession gathered at the Waroona police station on Monday morning to raise the flags for NAIDOC Week before marching through town in the rain.

Binningup Coast Care and Environment Group is inviting everyone to help restore Binningup’s beaches.

Community plantingPremiumSouth West conservation group shoreing-up the coastline

Binningup Coast Care and Environment Group are inviting everyone to help restore the towns beaches, hosting a community planting day at the Binningup foreshore on Sunday. 

Craig Duncan

Roasted Radish Eatery owner Melinda Osborne has roo on the menu for NAIDOC Week.

Tasty roo treats PremiumWaroona eatery offering taste of country through NAIDOC Week

A Waroona eatery is offering a taste of country through NAIDOC Week, culminating in a major weekend event with kangaroo on the menu.

Craig Duncan

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Steven Payne, pictured, vanished into waters at Wharton Beach after a fatal shark attack.

Courts & JusticePremiumTragic details revealed after fatal shark attack at WA beach

The devastating circumstances of a great white shark attack on a surfer who was fatally mauled in front of his girlfriend at an Esperance beach have been revealed for the first time.

Caleb Runciman

An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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Three people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Caitlin Vinci

Education Minister Sabine Winton.

state politicsCommentsPremiumMinister reassures WA parents after horrific sex abuse case

Education Minister Sabine Winton has ordered the State’s Education and Care Regulatory Unit to conduct a snap review of WA’s childcare system.

Jessica Page

Aerial urban suburban cityscape landscape view in Perth Western Australia Rafael Ben-Ari

Housing marketCommentsPremiumPerth in property marathon as median price jumps to new peak

Perth’s median dwelling price has jumped $65,000 over the past year, with anticipated interest rate cuts set to further buoy the market.

Kim Macdonald

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WA Police continue to have welfare concerns for 26-year-old woman Carolina Wilga, who hasn't been heard from since Sunday, 29 June 2025.

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Missing backpacker’s van found abandoned in remote WA

Police have found the van belonging to a missing German backpacker who vanished in the Wheatbelt — but the young woman was not with the vehicle.

Caleb Runciman

Steven Payne, pictured, vanished into waters at Wharton Beach after a fatal shark attack.

Courts & JusticePremiumTragic details revealed after fatal shark attack at WA beach

The devastating circumstances of a great white shark attack on a surfer who was fatally mauled in front of his girlfriend at an Esperance beach have been revealed for the first time.

Caleb Runciman

Fremantle are playing many tall forwards.

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CommentsPremiumDockers must change forward structure and break Serong tag

If the Dockers wish to play two rucks, they cannot have Josh Treacy, Jye Amiss, Pat Voss and the Luke Jackson-Sean Darcy combo as forwards, writes Xavier Ellis.

An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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CommentsPremiumThree people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Business owner Andrew Donnelly and business associate Shane Carlson leave Joondalup Court on Friday after facing charges.

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PremiumLegal strife piles up for embattled ex-Eagle

Former West Coast Eagle Andrew Donnelly has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges that he failed to comply with requirements under WA’s workers’ compensation laws.

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Recently retired Australian Medical Association president Dr Michael Page and incoming president Dr Kyle Hoath speaking to the media outside Parliament after last month’s Budget.

health mattersPremiumAmbulance ramping reflects ‘healthcare system in distress’

A failure to invest in staffing was partly to blame for Bunbury Hospital’s terrible new ambulance ramping figures, according to one of the State’s top medicos.

Warren Hately

Police on the scene.

CrimePremiumMajor crash officers investigate after woman dies in Albany

Emergency services rushed to the scene after reports of an injured woman on Hardie Road in Spencer Park last night.

Jessica Evensen

A 73-year-old man has died in a crash in the South West.

Road TollPremiumTwo deaths in South West roads in under a week

Two deaths on South West roads in under a week have contributed to WA’s horrific road toll of 113 death - the highest recorded in a decade.

Caleb Runciman and Jessica Page

Sylvia Jacobs with great grandson Regan Clinch, 3, at the NAIDOC Big Breakfast at GRAMS.

NAIDOC WeekPremiumPremiumCommunity unites to celebrate NAIDOC’s golden 50th

Geraldton has come out to celebrate a golden anniversary this week, as NAIDOC marks its 50th year with a week full of community events and activities honouring heritage and the next generation.

Marco Daquino and Damiano Suadoni opened the South West Bottega on Friday evening.

Italian bottegaPremiumPremiumNew store brings Italian menu and vintage finds into Vasse

The South West Bottega opened their doors on Friday evening, with new owners Marco Daquino and Damiano Suadoni hoping to bring the best of Italian cuisine in the new space.

Homelessness advocates Jane Anderson and Ingrid Hilario.

HomelessnessPremiumPremiumNo solution for homelessness despite Budget boom

Even with WA boasting a $2.5 billion surplus in this year’s State Budget, advocates say homelessness has only gotten worse with the matter firing up a debate in Parliament last week.

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The company often sells its Labubu dolls in a blind box to buyers who don’t know what character is inside until they open it.

CNBC newsCommentsLabubu-maker unfazed by ‘blind box’ crackdown

Beijing may have warned against “blind box” toys, but analysts are betting that Pop Mart International — the company behind Labubu dolls — will remain one of China’s hottest consumer brands this year.

Anniek Bao and Lim Hui Jie

Trump has made his priorities on energy production clear. The US will rely on oil, gas, coal and nuclear to meet its growing energy needs, the president said last weekend, bashing wind and solar power.

CNBC newsCommentsTrump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ends long-standing federal support for solar and wind power, while creating a friendly environment for oil, gas and coal production.

Spencer Kimball

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) crying as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.

CNBC newsCommentsUK in dire straits after minister’s tears rattle markets

All eyes are now on the UK’s ruling Labour Party for any sign of further political fractures that could rattle Britain’s economic stability.

Holly Ellyatt

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump.

BusinessCommentsTrump scolds ‘stupid’ Fed after it holds key rate steady

The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates steady amid expectations of higher inflation and lower economic growth ahead, and still pointed to two reductions later this year.

Jeff Cox

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Tania French, the resident who found missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga.

WA NewsCommentsRescuer reveals what missing backpacker told her

The long-time Wheatbelt resident who found missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga has revealed details about the moment the young woman flagged her down.

Hannah Cross

Highly-published survivalist Ky Furneaux has praised German backpacker Carolina Wilga’s ‘amazing strength of character’.

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Expert praises German backpacker’s remarkable survival

Highly-published survivalist Ky Furneaux has praised German backpacker Carolina Wilga’s ‘amazing strength of character’ after the young woman survived an astonishing 12 days in outback WA.

Sarah Steger

Tributes have flowed for Bronwyn Clark who was killed in a hit-and-run in Spencer Park on Wednesday.

Nurse rememberedPremiumPremiumTributes flow for mother killed in Spencer Park hit-and-run

The family of Bronwyn Clark, who was killed in a tragic hit-and-run incident in Albany on Wednesday night, have said the Albany nurse was loved deeply by both her family and community. 

Carolina Wilga was found alive on Friday afternoon.

WA NEWSNew details of German backpacker’s traumatic ordeal revealed

German backpacker Carolina Wilga survived an astonishing 11 nights alone in the WA wilderness by drinking rainwater from puddles and sleeping in a cave, police have revealed. 

The World Heritage Committee in France has added the Murujuga Cultural Landscape to its global list. (HANDOUT/CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA)

environmental issueCommentsCommentsAncient rock art near gas hub gets World Heritage listing

An ancient Indigenous rock art collection close to Woodside’s Burrup gas hub been recognised as a World Heritage-listed site.

News. Fashion designers are frustrated after their original designs are being copied. (L-R) Paris Lindsay from Mon Ete Swim, Hannah Jones from Signed + Sealed, Nina Wallace from Knitwit the Label, Michelle teles from deconduarte.

Dupe dilemmaCommentsOnline rivals knocking off Perth labels’ original designs

Perth business owners share what it’s like to have larger online retailers duplicate their designs and sell them at a lesser price with no consequences.

Caitlin Vinci